There's no secret that in this house, we love all sorts of pasta dishes. Now, even though we prefer easy homemade pasta recipes, when we are looking for a quick dinner, we always go with store-bought ones. And paccheri is among our favorites dry pasta shapes.

Anyway, as you will see shortly, this dish is a simple one to make. Furthermore, if you give it a try, you will also discover that even though it is not a popular recipe, it is a delicious one nevertheless.

Without further ado, let's see how to cook paccheri pasta with just a bunch of ingredients and make it stand out.

• Put a big pot of salted water to boil.

Since it's the best season for fresh fruits and vegetables, I like to make homemade pasta sauce with fresh tomatoes. However, during winter, I tend to choose cherry tomatoes as they are tastier.

• But regardless of the type you go with, place them in boiling water for a couple of seconds.

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• By doing so, you will manage to peel them easier. You want only the pulp in your sauce.
• This being said, let the tomatoes cool down, peel, then chop them into cubes. Place everything in a bowl and let them sit until you prepare the pan. Be sure not to lose any of that delicious juice.
• Peel the garlic cloves and chop them very finely. If you feel don't feel comfortable doing this, you can use a grater as well.
• Place your pan on medium heat and heat up the olive oil. Bring the garlic in and let it heat up for a couple of seconds. Be careful not to burn it.
• Pour the tomato mixture on top and let it reduce for 7-8 minutes at medium-low. Before taking it off heat, add the chopped basil and stir.

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• Cook the pasta one minute less than what the package instructions say. For instance, I had to boil mine for 12 minutes and not 13.
• While this happens, chop the scamorza into cubes and let it set aside.
• Take a ladle of the pasta water and pour it over the tomato sauce. Stir gently to combine.
• Discard the rest of the water.

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• Transfer the drained paccheri pasta into your sauce.

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• Top everything with the cheese and carefully mix until the scamorza has melted.
• Grate the parmesan, stir and serve immediately.

And that's a wrap! As I previously said - extremely easy to prepare and so so rewarding. Truth be told, this paccheri pasta recipe is one of our all-time favorite meals, making it a regular dinner in our household.

As for a short wiki fact, I can tell you that this specific pasta shape has its origins in the Campania region of Italy.

* If you want you are interested in other recipes using paccheri pasta, you can very well stuff them and make small cannelloni.

** You can also use rigatoni or penne for this recipe if you can't get ahold of a bag of paccheri.

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